A very juicy, hazy IPA. And my new glass fits a whole 16oz can

Blind stout tasting tonight





1) Maman 2) Medianoche 3)tie Assassin/BCBS 4) BA Zhukov

Plus a creekstone farms prime brisket. Turned out pretty good. We had to hold it 2 hours while we drank but it was still 8/10

A wedding in Yountville brought my wife and I to the NorCal area this past weekend. A trip to the wine country was a much easier sell to me knowing that in the back of my mind there were great beer options too.


Landed in Oakland and ate at a place near Rare Barrel. It wasn't open for the day yet, but had to swing by and check it out from the outside.



Made the trek up Hwy101 to Petaluma and stopped in at Heineken/Lagunitas. They have a really cool setup and a good stable of all solid beers as most know. Not even knowing Lagunitas made a sour, I was really surprised with their Farmhouse Sour w/Black Currants, just really good,






We continued up 101 and stopped in at BeerCraft. They had a really local but good taplist. The workers took a bit to warm up to, but any place with ExciteBike in the back room is a plus in my book.



Our first night was spent in Santa Rosa and was able to make it by the mother land. This was a Thrusday night and the crowds didn't seem too bad. By the time I bought some to-go beers we were seated at a table right behind the bar. Pretty good pizza and great beer. Surprise surprise.





On our way over to Napa from Santa Rosa I was sitting at a red light and noticed a small, unassuming bottle shop just off the road. I poked my head in and couldn't believe the selection they had. The worker was saying that the connections they make during the RateBeer festival allows them to have the great selection.



The one last beer related stop was at Fieldwork Brewing. This place was located in a big open air market place within Napa. As you can see on their website, they make an absolute ton of beers and everything I had was quite a bit above average. Really good stuff. At the time they didn't have any of their most sought after beer, Pulp (NE IPA), available.



On the way back to Oakland we swung through San Francisco real quick and hit some of the touristy things. We were actually 2 blocks from Cellarmaker, but it was before their opening time...

Good trip.
Good times.
Good beer

TXAg2008 got in my head the other day, so I had to make a quick run. Didn't have time to hit all the cool places he did, but got the one that matters most to me.


Flew this time, so only grabbed 2 Pliny and 1 Blind Pig.

Made it back from the weekend in North Carolina this morning. Stops in Asheville included Wicked Weed, The Funkatorium, Green Man, Asheville Brewing and dinner at Buxton BBQ. Then in Charlotte we stopped in at NoDa Brewing. It was a great trip for beer and a beautiful part of the country that neither my wife or I had been to.

Hanging out in Rome right now with the wife and hit up Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa, which a pretty incredible beer bar. Pictures won't upload yet, but they had Cantillon Grand Cru Bruocsella on tap tonight. First time to try Cantillon and it did not disappoint. I'll upload some images of the place once the Internet is better.
For those of you that have tried some Cantillon before, they have a pretty extensive bottle list of them, and wanted to see what your favorites are so I can pick the best ones.

Here's the list:
Gueuze, Kriek, Rose de Gamrinus, Fou Foune, Lou Pepe Framboise, Vigneronne, St Lamvinus, Cuvee St Gilloise, 2010 Mamouche.

They also have 3 Fonteinen Golden Blend and Doesjel too.

Anyways, for those of you that have had multiple Cantillons, what would you suggest off that list? I think I can knock about 3 out at least while I'm here.

Fou, LPF, St Lam.... actually just drink them all. Also get the golden blend from 3F.

Well.....box #1 came in and it was awesome.

Great beer, never tried Paradox and this one sounds great. So does the Almanac.

Then there was Steve.. ..Jesus Christ dude. Saying you were generous is a gigantic understatement. What am I going to do with all this beer? I have officially outgrown my cellar. What a lineup is all I can say. Thank you sir, I will beer it forward with some of this. Who's ready for a share?